Graphic by Ashley Mowreader Sixty million dollars is a big deficit, even for a university with $1.4 billion in assets. When the school year began, the University faced a $60 million to $80 million budgetary shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Jim Gash told the Pepperdine community during the Aug. 11, President's Briefing. During the pandemic, students have … [Read more...] about Spending a Pepper-dime — How COVID-19 Impacted Pepperdine’s Financials